K31 Surplus Ammo Question

[Mssr. Eleganté]

So, it attracts a magnet, but is still lead core. How doe's one know if a range will accept it? This only gets more confusing.

Most outdoor ranges in So-Cal prohibit steel jacketed and steel core projectiles because both types pose a fire hazard.

[Enfield47]

I like how the add says non-reloadable

I guess you could reload it, but ripping a spent berdan primer out is a major pain in the arse.

[kouye]

I guess you could reload it, but ripping a spent berdan primer out is a major pain in the arse.

GP11 primers are easy to remove using the RCBC Berdan primer decapping tool. Not as easy as boxer, but far easier than removing primers from Russian Match ammo.

[Enfield47]

Do you drill a center hole and reload with a boxer primer or use berdan primers to reload?

[Tanner68]

While the GP11 does attract a magnet, because of ferrous metal in the jacket, is it still a fire hazard? Can that mostly copper jacket still make a spark?

[chknlyps2]

I made a too l that is like a punch with a little curve at the end. I took a board and drilled some holes in it, set about 15 cases upside-down and tap the tool twice with a hammer where the firing pin hit and pry, takes about 3 seconds each after they are loaded in the block. Then prime with Berdan primers.

[BruinGuy]

While the GP11 does attract a magnet, because of ferrous metal in the jacket, is it still a fire hazard? Can that mostly copper jacket still make a spark?

Unfortunately, yes. If it hits anything hard like a steel plate or a rock the jacket turns into very hot fragments that can light up the tinderbox that passes for vegetation here in SoCal.

[kouye]

Do you drill a center hole and reload with a boxer primer or use berdan primers to reload?

I don't. I don't think altering cases leads to accurate loads. I have Berdan primers (won't fit 7.62x54R though).

[Mssr. Eleganté]

While the GP11 does attract a magnet, because of ferrous metal in the jacket, is it still a fire hazard? Can that mostly copper jacket still make a spark?

GP11 attracts a magnet because the jacket is mostly steel. The steel jacket has a very very thin coating of cupronickel.

[TKM]

Hiram Berdan (oddly enough, an American) made primers in different sizes. Or other people used his design in different sizes.

.217 ( Standard Rifle), .250 ( .303 br.) and .254 ( Russian 7,62x54R and older black powder cartridges).

Just one more damn thing to check before you order.

[Guisan]

RWS makes berdan primers that are common in Europe, there should be an importer of these in the US also.

http://theswissriflesdotcommessageboard.yuku.com/topic/12397/Source-for-RWS-5608-Berdan-NATO-primers

And for decapping we use a small high pressure water decapper, that one is also good for removing live primers.

[Tanner68]

GP11 attracts a magnet because the jacket is mostly steel. The steel jacket has a very very thin coating of cupronickel.

Ohhhh, I see. Thanks. Didn't know that about the jacket.